Published on: May 2026
SIMULATION-BASED COMPARATIVE STUDY OF HEAT TRANSFER IN SMOOTH AND THREADED ABSORBER PIPES IN PARABOLIC TROUGH COLLECTOR
CHARAN R RAMESH K Kulandaivel Duraisamy
SOLAIYAPPAN AYYAPPAN
Government College of Technology, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, 641013, India
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R, C., K, R. & Duraisamy, K. (2026). Simulation-Based Comparative Study of Heat Transfer in Smooth and Threaded Absorber Pipes in Parabolic Trough Collector. International Journal of Creative and Open Research in Engineering and Management, <i>02</i>(05). https://doi.org/10.55041/ijcope.v2i5.645
R, CHARAN, et al.. "Simulation-Based Comparative Study of Heat Transfer in Smooth and Threaded Absorber Pipes in Parabolic Trough Collector." International Journal of Creative and Open Research in Engineering and Management, vol. 02, no. 05, 2026, pp. . doi:https://doi.org/10.55041/ijcope.v2i5.645.
R, CHARAN,RAMESH K, and Kulandaivel Duraisamy. "Simulation-Based Comparative Study of Heat Transfer in Smooth and Threaded Absorber Pipes in Parabolic Trough Collector." International Journal of Creative and Open Research in Engineering and Management 02, no. 05 (2026). https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.55041/ijcope.v2i5.645.
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